(Abaddon's POV)
It has been a year since Alva became my sparring partner. The effect was great, I was able to refine my techniques by a lot since then, as I have been using them at full power. When I reach maturity, I should be above my peak in terms of technique in my previous life.
Of course, not in power. I had millennia of growth in my previous life, achieving the same power will be hard to do in a short time, unless I transform into a demon when I'm strong enough, then I will have a jump in power and turn into a high-ranking demon.
I also know the method of becoming an angel, but the requirements for demon transformation are more lenient and do not require me to be subordinate to anyone, like the angelic method that turns you into a servant of god.
My training has been going smoothly, I learn magic from my parents, read the books of the library and spar with Alva. However, I have been keeping an eye on her since she got here. I didn't expect that a vampire would accept the request.
I thought that she was in some kind of mission to get closer to my parents, but it seems that it isn't the case, as she hasn't done anything besides following me around all day, and more than twenty times to saw her spying me while I slept all night long.
Also, when we spar, she has an intoxicated simile plastered in her face. Her objective seems legitimately work here, and she seems to have an obsession with me, although I cannot trace the reason for it.
Today, one day after my fifth birthday during the night, I take my birthday present, a sword. My father had it order made for me, a sword made of steel with enchantments, so it can work as a catalyst for magic, with a dragon head at the pommel with a red jewel in its mouth.
The longsword has a polished blade with a light blue hue. As a blacksmith that has created several legendary weapons, I can say that this sword is decent, but lacking a bit in some aspects. But still, until I make my own weapons, this will be enough for two of my styles.
As for the other two I will need another type of weapon that I will forge at a later date. As for why I'm taking this… well, I'm going outside of the city walls right now. After all, I want to explore a bit and maybe even kill some monsters. I take a look at my status.
[Name: Abaddon Grigori] [Level: 1]
[Titles: Prodigy]
[physical strength: 820]
[Intelligence: 35.000]
[mana: 3.000.000]
[Agility: 790]
[Skills: Status Concealment – Swordsmanship 7 – Elemental Magic 10 (Fire, Water, Earth, Wind) – Thunder Magic 10 – Light Magic 9 – Dark Magic 10 – Shadow Magic 9 (Dark, Light)]
[Blessings: Blessing of Lisanna, the Goddess of Death]
Recently, I finally discovered the average of the status. Normally, a common adult has one hundred points in status for strength and fifty in agility as a common person. This means that I'm eight times faster than a normal adult.
Around the two hundreds are the average adventurer's, and at five hundred the ones that have high rankings as adventurers and can join the knights of the capital, as well an order as a beginner knight.
Beyond that, at pone thousand, they are considered elite adventurers and average knights. Beyond that you need ten thousand to become an officer knight and much more to become a commander.
This kingdom is not weak at all, I like that. That means that I will have some fun when I get to the academy. I also made sure that Alva wouldn't follow me by faking my presence inside my room with magic, this way she will never find out as she spies me covered in my bed outside my window.
I quickly conceal myself with magic and jump out of my window, closing it in the process. I'm not using any armor, but that won't be necessary as I doubt any monster can hit me. If I enhance myself with magic, something that is quite uncommon in this world, I can have at maximum the level of a knight commander, around 15.000 strength.
As for magic power, the average is five hundred, and for mages, the average is around two thousand. For a medium ranked magician, ten thousand, for a high ranking magician, fifty thousand, and for a court mage two hundred thousand.
My parents are a bit above the level of the court mages, around two hundred fifty thousand. Me… well, I'm on the level of some ancient dragon. I get to our gates and jump over the wall of the mansion, my sword in its scabbard and in my left hand.
This is the first time I'm leaving the mansion to do anything, so I'll tour around for a bit. I also brought a mantle to cover myself, with a black mask that hides the lower part of my body. I magically tie my sword to my back in my right shoulder.
Not because I'm too small for use it on my waist, it's because this is the usual way that I have it on my body, it's an easier way to get it with my styles for this sword. I dash around the empty streets, jumping form roof to roof without making a sound.
This city is quite nice, the buildings are made with stone, and are mostly tree stories tall. The streets are clean, as my father more than once mentioned a sewer system. After a few minutes exploring the quiet streets, I hear a sound nearby, a woman crying.
I jump over the roofs, and get to the red district, where the night is just the start. On a relatively isolated alley, I hear the vulgar laugh of two man and a woman pleading for her life. I look down the alley. Two man are holding a woman, her clothes ripped. Judging by her makeup and clothes, she's most likely a prostitute.
The third man is laughing, lowering his pants. I frown. As the son of the lord of the town, I think that my father should give the people of the slums a better life, but I'm too young for that. As he approaches the woman, I drop silent behind him and make a quick stab on the back of his neck.
He falls dead, still smiling. The other two man look at me with shock, and before they could utter a sound or move, their heads gain a new hole in the forehead.as they fall dead, the woman looks around confused. Using magic, I make my voice deeper and say:
(Abaddon): "You should go back before someone else comes around. Quickly."
She looks at me and nods, unable to talk. I nod to her and jump on the wall, and from there jumping again to the roofs. Now, I'll go to the walls around the city. I think I'll wander around a bit on the woods and come back before the sun raises.